Slides for my presentation at the TeachMeet held by the NSW Teachers' Guild on Gifted education and technology in May 2018.

1. Students Are Changemakers

5. What do you want the children we teach to be like as adults?

6. “There is clear consensus that the future now
emerging will be extremely different from
anything we have ever known in the past. It is a
difference, not of degree, but of kind.”
Al Gore

7. “What did you learn during your first twelve years
of education that matters in your life today?”

9. “I wish the teachers weren’t like so strict. They think if I’m talking I’m not learning.
I work better with teachers who aren’t like that. I work better when I like the
teacher.” (Liam, 14)
“I’d like to see more freedom in the way you learn. Everyone’s got a different way
of learning. Having one basic way doesn’t help everyone.” (Jacob, 14)
“My most significant learning experience was when I went to Fiji and learned how
they lived.” (Ben, 15)
“I would like to discourage thinking along the lines of – is this in the exam?”
(Steven, 15)

14. "The Finnish school we visited today sends 2 students
to every faculty meeting." - @Joe_Mazza
#MadeMeThink

15. Sweden, 3rd September 1967

16. “Children are not just future
or hypothetical citizens, or citizens
in training, but rather they are
citizens of the here and now, with
the right to express their opinions
and participate in the civic and
cultural life of their communities.”
(Ben Mardell)

17. Supporting young people to become civic agents
Developing a pedagogy for supporting civic agency